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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Douglas Anderson, St. Charles, IL (US);
Karl M. Bogacz, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Peter S. Tinucci, Wheaton, IL (US);
N Sudhir Kumar, Bidar, IN;
Ramakrishnan Anoop, Bangalore, IN;
Douglas Anderson, St. Charles, IL (US);
Karl M. Bogacz, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Peter S. Tinucci, Wheaton, IL (US);
N Sudhir Kumar, Bidar, IN;
Ramakrishnan Anoop, Bangalore, IN;
Cornelius, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for and method of cleaning and sanitizing a beverage dispenser is characterized by fluid connectors that may quickly and conveniently be manually fluid coupled with either supplies of beverage components to be delivered through flow paths to beverage dispensing valves or with a source of cleaning and sanitizing fluid to be delivered through the flow paths to the beverage dispensing valves to clean and sanitize the flow paths and dispensing valves. The beverage component supplies have valves with which the fluid connectors fluid couple, and a manifold has an inlet port for receiving cleaning and sanitizing fluid and outlet ports that are each located in proximity to an associated beverage component supply valve and with which the fluid connectors may be fluid coupled after being de-coupled from their associated beverage component supply valves.